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Between the end of 1844 and the beginning of 1849 more than 3,000 miles of track had been laid, as opposed to 172 miles of new roads and streets; in the period the number of train journeys rose from 33 million to 60 million. It is not at all wonderful that the silent aspect of this period were universally attributed to ‘SPEED’. The canals were finished, the turnpike was an anachronism and the roads were neglected. . . . .79
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